Gemma Collins' new documentary series, 'Everything All At Once', offers an unflinchingly honest look at the reality TV star's life during one of its most challenging periods. The series, initially titled 'Four Weddings and a Baby', captures Collins as she navigates her mother Joan's death from pneumonia at age 70, her fiancé Rami's struggles with alcohol, and her difficulties conceiving a child. The documentary, which premiered with a screening attended by Collins herself, is now available to stream on NOW.
A Life Turned Upside Down
The documentary follows Collins as she embarks on a journey to marry Rami and start a family, a wish she has long spoken about publicly. However, the cameras capture a series of devastating setbacks. Collins discovers that getting pregnant will be more difficult than she imagined, while Rami's relationship with alcohol threatens to tear the couple apart. The most tragic moment comes when her mother Joan dies from pneumonia at the age of 70, just one day before Collins and Rami were due to marry.
Collins, known for her larger-than-life 'GC' persona from 'The Only Way Is Essex', is shown in a new light. The series begins with her jetting off to South Africa to film 'I'm A Celebrity', a show she famously quit years earlier. Viewers see her suffering panic attacks before leaving, while her mother's health deteriorates. Upon her return, Collins appears in high spirits, having given every challenge a shot and beginning to move The GC aside to let her true self shine through.
Raw and Uncomfortable Moments
The documentary includes scenes so uncomfortable that Collins admits she is amazed they were kept in the final cut. In one instance, Collins prepares a romantic dinner for Rami, calling it a 'shoo-shoo-terie' (charcuterie), only to notice he is drunk. She leaves to stay at the hospital with her mother. In another scene, she quietly tells the camera that Rami is still in bed while she holds up a nearly empty bottle of whiskey, saying, 'He says this is normal. But I can't tell if this is normal or not.'
Despite the heavy subject matter, the series also features moments of levity, including classic Collins quotes like 'I love anything to do with China; I love K-Pop,' delivered without a hint of humor or irony. The documentary also introduces viewers to Collins as a stepmother to Rami's eight-year-old son, Tristan, showing a tender and maternal side rarely seen in her public persona.
A New Chapter for Celebrity Documentaries
Collins has begun distancing herself from The GC, the extreme personality that made her popular on 'The Only Way Is Essex'. The documentary aims to show the real Gemma Collins, who is described as vulnerable, kind, generous, and much smarter than she lets on. At the screening, Collins noted that the first two episodes were 'the nicest two eps, and then it just gets… yeah.'
'Everything All At Once' captures the hardest moments of Collins' life, including the unbearable pain of losing a parent and the potential loss of her dream of having children. The series is a rare glimpse into what it's like when life hits hardest, and it could mark the beginning of a new, more honest chapter in celebrity documentaries. The series is available to stream on NOW.
